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- | //<color #4AA5C7 >We often receive similar questions from students, especially at the start of a new course. This page features some of the common questions and answers.</ | ||
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- | ===== Webinars ===== | ||
- | Heartwood webinars are live events, but they are always recorded and archived so that they are available for all learners to view at any time. When you view a recorded webinar, the fact that you have watched it is ‘logged’ on the LMS, and counts as attendance for assessment purposes. | ||
- | Moreover, you are still able to post questions to the webinar leader after you have viewed a recording, so missing a live webinar session (because of family, work or other prior commitments) will neither detract from your learning nor adversely affect your fulfilment of assessment criteria. | + | // |
- | ===== Reading list and shopping list ===== | ||
- | The Foundation Course provides all the key learning materials that you will need, as well as links to relevant external resources including photos and videos. | ||
- | There is a textbook for the Foundation Course written by Anita Ralph and Mary Tassell called [[https:// | ||
- | Please see our [[fc: | + | We often receive similar questions from students, especially at the start of a new course. This page features some of the common questions and answers. |
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+ | ===== Webinars ===== | ||
+ | Heartwood webinars | ||
- | A hand lens is a way of bringing plants alive before your eyes, but a magnifying glass will do if a hand lens is not easily obtainable. Most herbalists use their hand lens fairly regularly, and they are invaluable on herb walks. | + | Moreover, you are still able to post questions to the webinar leader after you have viewed |
===== Computer equipment ===== | ===== Computer equipment ===== | ||
The courses have been designed to be cross-platform, | The courses have been designed to be cross-platform, | ||
- | The learning platform we use is Moodle. Moodle does not, however, | + | The learning platform we use is Moodle. Moodle does not guarantee compatibility with Internet Explorer, |
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+ | The only thing that may limit ease of access to the course materials is the speed of your internet connection. Basic broadband packages are usually more than adequate, but slower systems can work better when there is a direct connection to the router, via an Ethernet cable, rather than using wi-fi. | ||
- | The only thing that may limit ease of access to the course materials is the | + | Heartwood courses |
- | speed of your internet connection. Basic broad band packages | + | |
- | more than adequate, but slower systems | + | |
- | direct connection | + | |
- | Heartwood courses | + | Downloadable materials |
- | and tablets | + | |
- | recommend using a computer whenever possible. | + | |
- | Downloadable materials are in .ppt or .pptx format for slides, and .doc, .docx | + | All further questions about compatibility can be sent to support@heartwoodteam.net [[mailto: |
- | and pdf format for documents. Doc and docx materials can be read by | + | |
- | Microsoft Office, LibreOffice and iWork suites. On mobile platforms, you may | + | |
- | need to download an app to read them. | + | |
- | All further questions about compatibility can be sent to; | + | |
- | lms@heartwood-uk.net | + | |